The Tree-Hugger Who Went on a Date: The Meaning of sansan

The biblical hapax legomenon סַנְסִנָּיו (Song 7:9) seems to denote a part of the date palm, but readers have disagreed widely on which part. Most scholars today follow Immanuel Löw, who concluded from Syriac and Akkadian cognates that the word denotes the spadices, which are the branched stalks tha...

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Main Author: Aikhler, Raʿanan 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2020, Volume: 70, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 581-591
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ibn-Barun, Abu-Ibrahim Yitsḥaḳ Ben-Yosef Ibn-Benveniśte -1128 / Bible. Hoheslied 7,9 / Date palm / Lexicography / Arabs
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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